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FACTS YOU NEED

TO KNOW ABOUT Different

FIRE EXTINGUISHER extinguishers

are needed

for different

Fire extinguisher fire and fuel

recharged after every use types

Whether a small amount of extinguishing There are five different types
agent accidentally discharged or you actively of fire extinguishers: water, foam

released some to fight a fire, always top up spray, CO2, ABC powder, and wet

what’s been used for when it’s next needed. chemical. But the variation doesn’t
It might seem trivial at the time but, in stop there.

reality, that top up could actually save a life,
so make it your priority to act promptly. There are different types of
fires, too:

Ordinary flammable materials
(wood, paper, and textiles)
Fire extinguisher don’t Flammable liquids (grease,

last forever paint, and gasoline)
Gaseous fires

Kitchen combustibles (cooking
Fire extinguishers don’t last forever. That’s not oils and deep fat fires)
to say they have an expiration date, but you Live electrical equipment

can’t simply purchase one, put it out, and then Flammable metals.
push it to the back of your mind. Hence, To keep
your business, your employees and your visitors With those distinctions in mind, it’s

safe, it’s really important that you have – and important that the fire
stick to! – a robust maintenance ritual (we’ll extinguishers fitted in your
cover what this is in more detail in point four), premises fulfill the needs of the

and remember: types of fires that have the
potential to occur.
Re-chargeable canisters Must pass a hydro test

every 12 years to remain in use.
Disposable extinguishers Must be replaced

every 12 years.

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